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Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 6
October 17, 2011 by Jeff Yee
This final entry in my six-part series takes us to today, and the state of the mobile Internet as a force that will continue to impact our lives and will guarantee rapid technological changes and advances for tomorrow.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 5
October 10, 2011 by Jeff Yee
The sluggish growth of the mobile Internet took a leap in 2007 with Apple’s iPhone. By sticking to Apple’s core business plan that put users and developers first, the iPhone put Apple at the top of the barrel.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 3
September 26, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Why did AT&T’s first mobile Internet phone, PocketNet, fail in 1997? And what helped Japan’s NTTDOCOMO’s venture, the i-mode, succeed in 1999? A healthy versus an unhealthy developers’ ecosystem. And content.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 2
September 19, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Part 2 of my six-part series on the history of the mobile Internet traces the first mobile Internet phone back to 1997, when AT&T launched the PocketNet.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 1
September 12, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Part 1 of my six-part series on the history of the mobile Internet goes back to 1989, when British physicist, Tim Berners-Lee, merged hypertext with the Internet to create the World Wide Web.
Read full post »Marketing Moonshot: Survey Says Mobile Banking is On the Move
July 7, 2011 by Jim Somers
Some surprising findings emerged from our survey and our meeting in London with analysts and journalists about the latest in mobile banking – it’s not the British that are coming on board. Forty percent of U.S. mobile Internet users use mobile banking, compared to 25 percent in the UK.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: Nokia is Going ‘Round in Circles
May 24, 2011 by Mark Watson
Like a roundabout, Nokia is going nowhere fast.
Read full post »Intermittent Signal: Royal Wedding Goes Mobile
April 28, 2011 by Mark Watson
It will be interesting to see if tomorrow’s event (and let’s not forget the second-to-last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour also taking place!) marks the time when people turn first to their mobiles for news and updates, instead of relying on traditional TV and internet.
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